Lu Shishen looked at her and hesitated for a moment, "You can't even walk steadily, what can't be done first?"
His face was full of worry.
Shen Youyou met his gaze, then smiled shyly and said, "It's not about work. I want to call my cousin and ask him to go home and get me some toiletries."
As she spoke, her voice grew softer, and a blush rose to her small, delicate face.
Lu Shishen was stunned for a moment.
He hadn't expected to ask Shen Youyou such a question, and now he was rubbing his hands together, feeling a little lost.
"Okay, let's go."
Girls aren't like men, so it's understandable that they're more particular, especially since they'll be staying in the hospital for a few days.
Lu Shishen stretched out an arm for Shen Youyou to grab.
He took her out, and when they passed by Wang Xiuxiu and Lu Xiaozhao, he didn't even glance at them, his entire focus was on the swaying Shen Youyou.
He was so focused on Shen Youyou that he didn't even close the ward door when he left.
It was Xu Ruantang who stood up and turned it off.
"Mom, is Dad very concerned about Sister Chen?"
Lu Xiaozhao held the spoon, feeding Wang Xiuxiu while blinking her big eyes and asking questions.
Wang Xiuxiu was eating, chewing as she thought about how to answer.
Xu Ruantang spoke first: "Your father is just too honest and kind. Your sister Chen is not popular and no one is willing to take care of her. Your father can't bear to see her all alone without any family."
Lu Xiaozhao blinked, her little brain slowly digesting these points of knowledge.
Wang Xiuxiu patted his head, "Xiao Zhao, you should eat too."
Lu Xiaozhao's thoughts were pulled back, and she happily scooped up a spoonful of rice and put it in her mouth.
There was no one at Jia Shuling's place, so Xu Ruantang told Wang Xiuxiu and went over first.
When only Wang Xiuxiu and her son Lu Xiaozhao remained in the ward, they ate their meal, one spoonful at a time.
Wang Xiuxiu took Lu Xiaozhao's hand and said, "Xiaozhao, come sit next to Mommy."
Lu Xiaozhao obediently moved the stool around.
"Xiao Zhao," Wang Xiuxiu didn't know how to put her words, "If one day, Dad and Mom are unhappy living together and want to separate, what will Xiao Zhao think?"
Lu Xiaozhao's smiling face immediately fell.
"Is Daddy unhappy? Why?"
Wang Xiuxiu paused for a moment, then said, "Sometimes adults just can't be happy together. It's not just your dad who's unhappy, your mom is too, so we might be thinking about separating."
Lu Xiaozhao jumped up from the stool.
In the quiet ward, the sound of the stool legs scraping against the floor was extremely jarring.
"Mom, are you and Dad getting a divorce?"
His tears welled up and instantly blurred his vision.
It was all too sudden, and the child couldn't accept it right away. Wang Xiuxiu could understand and accept that.
She sat up straight and stretched out her arms to Lu Xiaozhao, "Xiaozhao, come here first, let Mommy hug you."
Without hesitation, Lu Xiaozhao threw herself into Wang Xiuxiu's arms and burst into tears.
"Mom, I don't want you to get divorced. I want my mom. I want my mom."
About half a year ago, Lu Xiaozhao tearfully shouted at Wang Xiuxiu, "I don't want my mother anymore, I don't want my mother anymore."
At that time, he never imagined that he would face this choice again six months later.
But this time, he couldn't bear to part with his mother.
"Mom is a good mom, not that bad mom. Dad is bad, Dad is a bad person!"
Lu Xiaozhao was sobbing uncontrollably, still muttering to herself.
Wang Xiuxiu hugged her child tightly, tears welling up in her eyes.
She forced herself to speak and tried to reason with Lu Xiaozhao, "Xiaozhao, even if Daddy and Mommy are separated, you are still Mommy's child and Daddy's child."
"Dad and Mom are separated, but that doesn't stop us from loving you."
"Xiao Zhao, you've grown up now, you're a little man..."
Wang Xiuxiu couldn't continue.
She simply couldn't bring herself to say, "You should respect your parents' choices."
Why should such young children be forced to respect adults' choices?
What did he do wrong?
Wang Xiuxiu hugged Lu Xiaozhao, her voice choked with sobs: "It's Mom who's sorry, it's Mom who's sorry."
She failed to give her child a complete family, and in the end, she was the one who owed him.
......
Xu Ruantang went back to Jia Shuling's ward first.
She thought she should first ask Jia Shuling what she wanted to eat, and then go to the cafeteria to see if they had it.
Back in the ward, Jia Shuling was sitting on the bed with food on a small table, eating slowly.
Upon seeing Xu Ruantang, she snorted coldly, "I thought you weren't coming back."
"Something happened." Xu Ruantang sounded a little guilty. "I fed you?"
Jia Shuling glanced at her and said, "No need. My right arm is fine. I won't die."
Xu Ruantang nodded and did not insist further.
Anyway, Jia Shuling ate quite well when she wasn't there.
She saw another lunchbox on the table, went over, opened it, and started eating.
This must have been sent by Chen Ji.
So she got a share too.
It feels like an eternity, even though only a morning has passed.
Too much has happened.
After finishing the meal, Xu Ruantang tidied up Jia Shuling's small table and then asked her if she needed to use the restroom.
After finishing everything, she washed the lunchbox, returned to the ward, and lay down on another empty bed to catch up on sleep.
Jia Shuling was also lying down, unusually quiet.
Just as Xu Ruantang was drifting off to sleep, the person on the bed next to her suddenly asked, "Which floor are Shen Youyou and Wang Xiuxiu on?"
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